A man was arrested in St. George early Wednesday in connection with an assault at a Maverik gas station on Sunset Boulevard.

Daniel John Reedy, 24, was taken into custody at the Lin's Marketplace across the street from where the incident took place, according to the probable-cause statement. He was charged with aggravated assault with the use of a weapon, a third-degree felony, and trespassing a non-dwelling, a class-B misdemeanor.

Officers first responded to the gas station just after 1 a.m. Wednesday. The store clerk told police a man who was yielding a knife had come in, yelled at him and tried to attack him while he was behind the counter, according to the probable-cause statement. The officer wrote Reedy had shouted racial slurs at the clerk and had raised his hands in the air as if to threaten an attack.

Another customer intervened and pulled Reedy outside, the document states. That man told police he noticed Reedy had a knife in his hand and he said he didn't want to the situation to escalate. Once outside, the witness told police, the two men began to fight and fell back on the hood of a car that was parked near the doors.

"It was very brave of that gentleman to step in," St. George police Officer Lona Trombley said Wednesday afternoon.

According to the probable-cause statement, the man also told police he saw Reedy begin to unfold his pocket knife during the scuffle. In an act of self-defense, he said he began hitting Reedy in the abdomen and head in order to stop him from drawing the blade.

Another person intervened to try to calm the situation down, the document states. Reedy eventually picked up a long, tall cigarette collector and held it like a bat as he yelled at the other men, according to the statement. One of the witnesses called police, and Reedy left.

Upon being interviewed at Lin's, Reedy told police he didn't want to talk about the incident. The officer reviewed Reedy's records and found he had been banned from the same Maverik store for causing a disturbance in the past — thus warranting a trespassing charge in Wednesday's incident.

Trombley said although Reedy was not charged during the incident that got him banned from the store, it was enough of a disturbance to warn Reedy he was not welcome back.

Reedy is in custody at the Washington County Jail on a $5,680 bail.

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